Union set to protest school district budget

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers will hold a protest against the proposed School District of Philadelphia's budget proposal in front of the district's headquarters on North Broad Street Thursday afternoon.

School District of Philadelphia headquarters on North Broad Street. Rikard Larma/METRO

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers will hold a protest against the proposed School District of Philadelphia's budget proposal in front of the district's headquarters on North Broad Street Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Officials are protesting the so-called "Doomsday budget," which with a $304 million budget deficit, offers extreme cutbacks."The SRC is about to pass a school budget that virtually eliminates every program and service our schools provide to our city’s children,” said PFT President Jerry Jordan in a statement. “It’s time to put an end to 13 years of austerity budgets and reductions in public school funding.”

The protest is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. The School Reform Commission will hold its public meeting at 5:30 p.m.